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River Out of Eden and A Universe from Nothing
In a recent reddit Q&A for the movie The Unbelievers, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss mentioned their favorite books by the other:
Lawrence Krauss:
My favorite book of Richard's is River Out of Eden. It is the most beautifully concise description of evolution I've ever read, I liked it so much I sent Richard a fan letter when it appeared.
Richard Dawkins (his pick was also a Charlie Munger pick):
Universe from Nothing is my favourite book by Lawrence. Beautiful example of my maxim "If you could do physics by common sense, we wouldn't need physicists"
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Dawkins' other prominent books on evolution are listed, HERE.
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Some Of The Things That Molecules Do (episode 2)
If you missed Episode 1, it is available HERE. Link to video: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey: Some of the Things That Molecules Do ................... The episode above was largely about evolution. If you're new to the subject and want to learn more,...
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Beautiful Minds: Richard Dawkins
Link to video: Beautiful Minds: Richard Dawkins ................... Related link: Growing Up in the Universe Related books: The Greatest Show on Earth The Selfish Gene The Blind Watchmaker
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Why Some Physicists Bet Against The Higgs Boson - By Robert Wright
After Stephen Hawking conceded that he'd lost his bet about the Higgs boson, I wondered why he had been on the wrong side of the bet. Why had he doubted the existence of a particle widely assumed to be an essential constituent of physical reality?...
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Lawrence Krauss - A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
Link ................... Related previous post: Something From Nothing: Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins
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Fivebooks Interview: Jerry Coyne On Evolution
The evolutionary biologist tells us why Darwin is still essential reading and sifts the vast amount of more recent writing on evolution for books that are both inspiring to scientists and accessible to general readers I know you had a hard time narrowing...
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